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5 | %general-entities;
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7 | <!-- it seems at least one entity is needed -->
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8 | <!ENTITY perl-alternatives-dummy "42">
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9 | ]>
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10 | <!-- Begin perl alternatives -->
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11 | <sect2 id="perl-alternatives" xreflabel="CPAN automated install of perl modules">
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12 |
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13 | <title>CPAN automated install of perl modules</title>
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14 |
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15 | <indexterm zone="perl-alternatives">
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16 | <primary sortas="a-cpan-install-of-perl-modules">CPAN automated install of perl modules</primary>
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17 | </indexterm>
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18 |
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19 | <!--
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20 | <sect3 role="installation" id="new-perl-standard-install"
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21 | xreflabel="standard build and installation instructions">
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22 | <title>Standard Installation of Perl Modules</title>
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23 |
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24 | <para>Install <application>Perl</application> modules by running the
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25 | following commands:</para>
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26 |
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27 | <para>For <xref linkend="perl-data-uniqid"/>, first apply the required
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28 | patch with:</para>
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29 |
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30 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../Data-Uniqid-&Data-Uniqid-version;-disable_failing_test-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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31 |
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32 | <para>Then, or for all other modules using the standard installation, proceed
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33 | with:</para>
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34 |
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35 | <screen><userinput>perl Makefile.PL &&
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36 | make &&
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37 | make test</userinput></screen>
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38 |
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39 | <note>
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40 | <para>If the module is described as using the <emphasis>unsafe</emphasis>
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41 | variant of the Standard Installation, (the use of the current
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42 | directory in <literal>@INC</literal> was removed for security reasons
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43 | in <literal>perl-5.26.0</literal>)
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44 | you should change the perl invocation to:</para>
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45 |
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46 | <screen><userinput>PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC=1 &&</userinput></screen>
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47 |
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48 | <para>If, however, you are using the Auto Installation described below,
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49 | that environment variable will be set whenever the <command>cpan</command>
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50 | shell <command>install</command> is used.</para>
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51 | </note>
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52 |
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53 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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54 |
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55 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | <note>
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58 | <para>When reinstalling a <application>Perl</application> module,
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59 | sometimes older versions of the module being reinstalled are in other
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60 | directories specified in <parameter>@INC</parameter>. To delete all
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61 | other versions of the module being reinstalled (not simply older ones)
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62 | set the <varname>UNINST</varname> variable:</para>
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63 |
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64 | <screen><userinput>make install UNINST=1</userinput></screen>
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65 | </note>
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66 |
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67 | </sect3>
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68 |
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69 | <sect3 role="installation" id="new-perl-build-install"
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70 | xreflabel="instructions for packages using Build.PL">
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71 | <title>Installation of Perl Modules which use Build.PL</title>
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72 |
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73 | <para>Install <application>Perl</application> modules which use
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74 | Build.PL by running the following commands:</para>
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75 |
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76 | <screen><userinput>perl Build.PL &&
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77 | ./Build &&
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78 | ./Build test</userinput></screen>
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79 |
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80 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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81 |
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82 | <screen role="root"><userinput>./Build install</userinput></screen>
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83 |
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84 | </sect3> -->
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85 |
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86 | <sect3 role="installation" id="new-perl-auto-install"
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87 | xreflabel="automatic installation of perl modules">
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88 | <title> Automatic Installation of Perl Modules.</title>
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89 |
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90 | <para>There is an alternate way of installing the modules using the
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91 | <command>cpan</command> shell <command>install</command> command. The
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92 | command automatically downloads the source from the CPAN archive, extracts
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93 | it, runs the compilation, testing and installation commands mentioned
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94 | above, and removes the build source tree. You may still need to install
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95 | dependent library packages before running the automated installation
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96 | method.</para>
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97 |
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98 | <para>The first time you run <command>cpan</command>, you'll be prompted
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99 | to enter some information regarding download locations and methods. This
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100 | information is retained in files located in
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101 | <filename class='directory'>~/.cpan</filename>. Start the
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102 | <command>cpan</command> shell by issuing '<command>cpan</command>' as the
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103 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. Any module may now be
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104 | installed from the
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105 | <emphasis role='underlined'><prompt>cpan> </prompt></emphasis>
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106 | prompt with the command:</para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install <replaceable><Module::Name></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | <para>For additional commands and help, issue '<command>help</command>'
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111 | from the
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112 | <emphasis role='underlined'><prompt>cpan> </prompt></emphasis>
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113 | prompt.</para>
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114 |
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115 | <para>Alternatively, for scripted or non-interactive installations, use the
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116 | following syntax as the
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117 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install one or more
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118 | modules:</para>
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119 |
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120 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cpan -i <replaceable><Module1::Name> <Module2::Name></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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121 |
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122 | <para>Review the <filename>cpan.1</filename> man page for additional
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123 | parameters you can pass to <command>cpan</command> on the command
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124 | line.</para>
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125 |
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126 | </sect3>
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127 |
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128 | </sect2>
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